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Sunday, October 17, 2010

UN MINERO RESCATADO HABLA




Por Paco Zamora, Int Press Writer – Thu Oct 14 2010, 4:00pm ET

Cuál es su nombre?
Prefiero no decirlo, simplemente me alegra haber sobrevivido.

Y ahora como se siente ser rescatado?
Estoy contento ya que pude volver a ver a mi esposa y a mis hijos nuevamente. Es increíble ver la luz del sol y también a todas las personas buenas que dieron su apoyo.

Y siente que ha aprendido algo luego de tener esa experiencia?
Aprendí que la vida es corta y como dice el viejo y reconocido refrán, hay que sacarle la leche a la vaca ahora si no quieres ordeñarle al toro luego..

En las noticias reportadas que precedieron el rescate, usted y sus compañeros lucieron felices. Era ese el verdadero sentimiento cuando se apagaron las cámaras?
Bueno, fue una situación bien difícil ya que a veces uno tiene bronca con otra persona y ahora tienes que verle la cara a esa persona por varias semanas. Hasta ocurren peleas pero eso es natural.

Han habido rumores sobre un ambiente semejante al de una prisión entre los mineros durante su tiempo bajo la tierra. Elabore sobre eso, por favor.
Fue una cosa muy difícil y pienso que hasta no podré seguir hablando sobre esto mas adelante. Las condiciones eran de un verdadero infierno. Casi todos bajamos de peso y los muchachos empezaron a pelear sobre la comida y la mujer. En una de esas semanas se nos acabó el papel higiénico y algunos tipos intentaron limpiar sus partes traseras con unas piedras que habían pero se lastimaron bastante. Otro de los muchachos le dio una golpiza a un compañero y usó su cabeza para limpiarse el trasero luego de haber cagado. Ese fue un muy mal momento y la cabeza del compañero hedía por muchos días y todos tuvimos que sufrir eso. Muchos de los muchachos empezaron a alucinar y muchos tuvimos miedo porque amenazaban con asesinar y hasta violar a uno como si uno fuera una mujer. Un compañero dijo haber visto un extraterrestre en la oscuridad y otro dijo que era el diablo. Fue una locura.


Usted mencionó una mujer pero según los reportajes no habían mujeres mineras con ustedes.
Bueno, no quiero mencionar detalles porque todos tenemos familia pero era como una cárcel y en la cárcel esas cosas pasan. Usualmente, uno de los compañeros debería hacer un sacrificio para beneficiar el equipo como lo haría cualquier mejor amigo. En una mina, uno esta como loco y la mentalidad es diferente.

Y qué de las peleas?
Oh, en la mina todos peleábamos todos los días para divertirnos pero usualmente era por rabia y el derecho de tener un turno con la chica para la noche. A veces jugamos un juego llamado Culo de Mono Podrido y salíamos de pelea por eso. En ese juego, un compañero insulta a otro diciendo que va a tener sexo con su esposa, el otro compañero contesta y entonces se forma la pelea. Era cosa de locos en realidad.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

A RESCUED MINER SPEAKS


By Paco Zamora, Int Press Writer – Thu Oct 14 2010, 4:00pm ET
The following interview is written verbatim from the audio recording

What is your name?
I prefer not to say, I am just happy to be alive.

How do you feel now that you have been rescued?
I’m just happy to see my wife and the children again. It is amazing to see the sunlight and all the wonderful people that give us the support.

Do you feel you have learned anything from this experience?
I learned that the life is short. As the saying in Chile goes, you must milk the cow now or milk the bull later.

In the news reports preceding the rescue, you and your fellow miners often appeared jovial. Was this the true sentiment when the cameras were off?
Well, it was a very hard situation as sometimes you may have a rivalry with someone and now you must see this person all the time for several weeks. Even fighting occurs but this is natural.

There have been rumors of a jailhouse atmosphere among the miners when underground, please expand on this.
It was a very hard thing and I believe one day I will not speak of this. The conditions were of hell. Everyone lose a lot of weight, the guys begin to fight over the food and the woman. One week we run out of the toilet paper and some guys use the rock from inside the mine for cleaning and received bad injury in the private areas. One guy beat up the other guy and use his head to clean his rear area after taking the shit. This was very bad and the guy’s head smell a stink for many days and we all have to suffer this. Many of the guys start to hallucinate and everybody get scared because they say they going to kill you or take you like a woman. One guy say he saw the alien in the darkness, another guy say it was the devil. It was very crazy.

You mentioned a woman but according to reports, there were no female miners.
Well, I don’t want to mention the detail because we all have family but it was like the prison and in the prison these things happen. Somebody make a sacrifice for the team like a good friend would. In a mine, you feel very crazy and your mind is different.

And what about the fighting?
Oh, in the mine everybody fight every day sometimes for fun but mostly for the anger and right to have the girl for the night. Sometimes we play the game, “Culo de Mono Podrido” and everybody start the fight. In this game, one guy say he gonna do a fuck to the wife of another and the other guy answer and everybody fight. It’s a real crazy thing.

SECOND PART OF INTERVIEW NEXT WEEK

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

BP SPILL FISH: A NEW DELICACY?

By Matt Chinski, Int Press Writer – Wed Oct 13 2010, 4:00am ET


On April 20, 2010, an oil rig exploded killing eleven platform workers and injuring seventeen others. Much to the dismay of the general public, over 185 million gallons of oil poured into the Gulf of Mexico putting millions of animals in peril and causing millions of dollars in damages caused by a loss of tourism.


However, for many low income families on the gulf coast the spill hasn't been so bad. Initially the oil covered fish laying on the surface of the water was seen as a disaster but you couldn't tell that to Pedro Panocha. Panocha arrived to Mississippi from his native Peru in 1945 and considers himself a full native of the gulf coast having lived and worked as a fisherman in all gulf states over the past 60 years.


"When I saw all them little fishies floating in that there water, I didn't see it as no disaster. I reckon I kind of seen it as an opportunity." -Pedro Panocha


What Panocha proceeded to do was monumental. Panocha and a few friends began collecting all the fish affected by the oil spill and frying them in their own oil.


"For me, oil is oil and oil is damn expensive nowadays. In my day, I could get a jug of oil for 25 cents but now it's damn near ten dollars. Here in the gulf I seen people barbecue with gasoline so I knew it wasn't nothing to fry them fish instead of letting them go to waste. People too damn picky nowadays." -Pedro Panocha


Panocha actually set up a fish fry stand and he states that business has been so good that he is considering opening up a full fledged restaurant. Residents all over the gulf coast have begun to imitate Panocha.


"All them rich people was talking all this mess about the oil spill cause they lost they damn business but for me it was all good because at least I could feed my kids. As soon as the spill happened and the fish started washing up with the grease on them, everybody in the south knew you could just fry it up and be good to go. Rich people got mad cause ain't nobody buying oil no more cause the fish already come with the oil." Lashonda Harris


So far there have been no reports of death or severe ailment caused by the consumption of these oil covered fish. However, some reports have indicated an escalation in diarrheal illness accompanied by light headaches. Interestingly, some residents have noted viagra-like symptoms from eating the fish and studies are being conducted to determine a possible aphrodisiac. The true effects of eating these fish, if any, is yet to be seen. The Department of Health has not commented regarding this situation.


BP executive Doug Suttles, seen here on June 16, 2010, says he would eat fish from the Gulf of Mexico.